We were not so lost actually this time 'cause we come here every once in a short while, and I had a bit of a plan in mind - to grab an ice-cream chez Amorino and to drop by at Jardins du Luxembourg.
So, we dropped off at Métro Odéon and walked straight to grab ourselves a cone of ice-cream. Today was one of those chilly days of this crappy summer. But having craved for a cone of yogurt and banana for quite a few days, I just had to have it. Once arrived I ordered it right away, while Monsieur J. took a few minutes to pick his flavors. Satisfied as expected we continued wandering in the center of the happening area before taking off for our (more like my) little journey hunting for new street arts to add to my collection. Following rue de Seine, I was taken over by an excitement of discovering all these street arts on this one long street. After being lost around rue de Seine, rue Bonaparte and other rues...we finally found our way to Jardin du Luxembourg.
There is an ongoing exhibition "Femme y es-tu?" (Woman, are you there?) presented by Artsénat. The exhibition features the contemporary sculptures dedicated to the queens of France.
For example, several wrinkled cast iron half body figures, the work of Polish Artist Magdalena Abakanowicz, are frozen in motion.
And these blue tall teardrop-shaped ceramics, made by artist Xavier Boggio, placed in the middle of the park.
But how are these artworks related to the queens of France? I'm not an expert to explain you that. Perhaps you will have to drop by to the park yourself. The exhibition is on until September 23.
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